A system that electronically collects, translates, groups, and delivers
wage assignment information from at least one initiator to at least one
recipient via an accumulator is described. An initiator initially
receives the wage assignment information. Then, an accumulator collects
the wage assignment information from at least one initiator, such as a
government agency. The accumulator then translates the wage assignment
information into a format compatible with electronic data interchange
(EDI), such as the ANSI X12 standard. The accumulator then groups the EDI
wage assignment information into specific files, batching the files based
upon one data field contained within the wage assignment information data
set, such as a recipient. The accumulator then delivers a batched EDI
wage assignment file to each respective recipient. Once the EDI wage
assignment file is received by the recipient, the wage assignment may
then be implemented.